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Government steps in as fuel shock hits
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (408+ words) The government said on Tuesday that it would temporarily reduce its general fuel levy by R3/l for one month to offset the impact of the Iran war on domestic fuel prices. However, the move was still not enough to prevent…...
Bookmakers want banks to cut off offshore online gambling sites
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (404+ words) Licensed South African bookmakers have called on banks and payment providers to block transactions to "illegal" offshore gambling platforms, which they claim now account for nearly two-thirds of all online betting activity in the country. The South African Bookmakers Association…...
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2+ day, 5+ hour ago (10+ words) Paratus launches Starlink-powered connectivity for Africa's essential services'TechCentral...
The SA director betting everything on AI filmmaking
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (922+ words) Donovan Marsh remembers the moment he realised his industry was "over. The South African filmmaker " whose credits include the Hollywood submarine thriller Hunter Killer with Gerard Butler and Gary Oldman, the hit Spud films and iNumber Number, the first South…...
Modernise infrastructure with next-gen compute using HPE VM Essentials
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (591+ words) South African businesses face familiar pressures: workloads keep growing, data volumes expand each year and budgets remain tight. Many IT teams still run estates built over several hardware generations. Servers sit underutilised, power consumption climbs and management becomes complex. Solutions…...
AnyDesk - high-performance remote access built for the modern enterprise
1+ week, 4+ day ago (661+ words) As organisations across Africa accelerate digital transformation, remote access has shifted from a support tool to a core business enabler. Hybrid work, distributed teams, multi-site operations and cloud infrastructure demand secure, reliable connectivity " not just for convenience, but for continuity,…...
SA start-up HyperDev wants to turn your AI-built app into a real company
1+ week, 5+ day ago (697+ words) Vibe coding tools have made it trivially easy to build an app. But almost nobody is turning those apps into actual businesses " and a South African start-up thinks it knows why. HyperDev is an AI-powered software development tool that aims…...
Why managing your Cisco Enterprise Agreement matters more than signing it
2+ week, 4+ day ago (507+ words) Software complexity is quietly eroding margins across the channel. Multiple contracts, different renewal dates, disconnected architectures, pricing uncertainty and limited visibility into consumption " for many organisations and partners, this is still the reality of managing enterprise software at scale. This…...
How electronic warfare is threatening ships and their crews
3+ week, 5+ hour ago (574+ words) The war in Iran has dominated headlines with reports of airstrikes and escalating military activity. But beyond the immediate devastation, the conflict has also illuminated a quieter and rapidly growing danger: the vulnerability of ships, and the people who operate…...
Europe is building an alternative to Microsoft Office
3+ week, 2+ day ago (715+ words) The deteriorating relationship between Europe and the US is reshaping how the continent thinks about its digital infrastructure " and a new productivity platform launched in The Hague is betting that the shift is now irreversible. Office.eu, a cloud-based office…...